It’s strange how ideas and thoughts just come into a person’s head. It’s going on midnight here, but I suddenly had the crazy idea to make a post.

There’s a reason behind my midnight madness, and my topic about “failure.”

First off, I talk to and email a ton of people who habitually choose the wrong things to promote online. It’s like they are magnets for what’s absolutely wrong for them to be doing. And, unfortunately, you can’t seem to stop them – common sense just goes in one ear and out the other.

But this also isn’t a post about picking on people. What I thought about was the idea of failure and what having thoughts of failure can do to a person.

Individually, we’d all love to never fail. But it’s also unreasonable not to assume that somewhere, somehow in your life you’ll never run up against a brick wall.

It’s times like that when Edison should come to mind – with his 1000 or 2000 attempts at making the light bulb. Or if Edison doesn’t come to mind, you’d do well to know that he never considered all those attempts failures, just how not to make a light bulb.

Positive twist!

The law of attraction and attracting wealth (be it whatever you perceive wealth to be) is and has been for quite a while now a big deal online. Lots of books, tons of websites, numerous blogs… all geared toward the positive thought that yes thoughts are things. And what you think (or praise or condemn) directly impacts your life and the lives of those around you (and yes, around the world).

We’d all do well to think more positively.

What this is all leading up to is… politics. Yes, this isn’t a political blog, but you’ll notice if you go back through the archives that that doesn’t always stop me from writing what I think or feel or have to say.

This is one of “those” moments.

I’ve been hearing for weeks now all about the “Party of No” – the Republicans. And about how very proud they are to wish the President fails, and directly influenced by that failure our very government.

Now there’s a positive thought (yes sarcasm in case you didn’t recognize it right off the bat).

Why in the world would you hope anyone fails? You most certainly don’t (I hope) sit at your computer day in and day out saying, “I’m the party of failure, I’m going to purposely fail and be a great failure online.”

Sounds ridiculous because it is ridiculous.

We all hope and pray that our efforts pay off – be they more income online or just a modicum of success at being online.

Let’s take that same attitude up several notches. Forget party affiliations and start putting our positive thoughts, our positive energies into turning this country (and the world) around. It’s not a matter of one side winning or one side losing. For god’s sakes, grow up!

If you’re not familiar with the 100th monkey story, I suggest you click that link right now.

Hopefully you will be happily surprised. Real change is possible for those who truly reach out for it. Be a reacher!

And may your days start and end with success!

In our continuing thread of ways to make money online, during my recent Stumbleupon session, I ran across How 10 People With 10 Stupid Ideas Made Millions of Dollars.

Honestly, this just goes to show that the crazy idea floating around in your head might not be as nuts as you think it is… there’s money to be made by not following the mainstream marketers.

We do have some historic examples that show, how an idea of a penny made someone a Millionaire. It is not the idea, it is one’s dedication that makes the ideas a reality. Sometimes a very stupid looking idea proves so fruitful that you always wonder that “This idea worked!”

If you’ve been around a while, you’ll know the first example (not telling you’ll have to look yourself), but the other ones caught me off guard – not only simplistic but so do-able! (more…)